How can students speak their minds through video?

Allowing a child to tell their story utilizing multimedia can be a powerful tool. Many times students feel as if we stifle their voice or do not understand ideas they are trying to convey. Telling their story through varied forms of multimedia is one way students can channel feelings of compassion, concern, and sometimes even frustration that will capture an intended audience attention. For example, the video presented by Consuelo Molina was a touching and sensitive issue. However, it is an area of great concern for many individuals and certainly informative enough to capture national attention. I feel that sometimes our students feel as if their voice is silenced and their thoughts, ideas, and concerns do not matter. Multimedia is just one way students can stimulate and captivate their audience while sharing informative information.

My reflections on the understanding of technology and the framework.

The idea of integrating technology into the content-related learning process is almost inevitable within classrooms of today. Teachers should definitely seek varieties of instruction in order to stimulate the learning process. Technology offers a wealth of knowledge and variations for content-based instructional strategies. Technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge (TPACK) offers students an opportunity to receive innovative and challenging varied instructions. In order for TPACK to impact student achievement teachers have to spend planning time developing activities that promote effective instruction in which educational technologies will be simultaneously integrated into activity focused and curriculum specific material. The article offers several helpful taxonomic learning activities that teachers may utilize and incorporate into daily lesson plans and even brief descriptions of how implementation might occur. When choosing to implement technology into the learning process it is incumbent upon teachers to elect methods that will challenge and engage students in effective and meaningful instruction.